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Ouya reportedly in talks to sell to Razer
Android-based microconsole Ouya burst onto the gaming scene in 2012 after a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, earning over $8.5 million from tens of thousands of backers, but the early excitement quickly died and left the company with lukewarm sales figures. Ouya went on to raise $15 million in Series A funding, and earlier this year it received a ...
Reddit hands out its first round of bans to “harassing subreddits”
There are few things that Redditors like complaining about more than Reddit itself, and the popular link aggregator just gave its user base a lot of new ammunition by handing out bans to five “harassing subreddits.” The Reddit team wrote in an announcement: Today we are announcing a change in community management on reddit. Our goal ...
Hearthstone introduces new Tavern Brawl gameplay mode
Since its release in March 2014, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has becoming one of the most popular free-to-play games on PC and mobile, and it is consistently in the top 5 most-watched games on Twitch. Now, Blizzard Entertainment has announced Tavern Brawl, a new gameplay mode for Hearthstone that is aimed at giving the 1-year-old game some ...
Eco is a Minecraft-like game that teaches ‘ecology and environmental literacy’
Ever since the meteoric rise of survival and block-building simulator Minecraft, dozens if not hundreds of similar games have been released trying to recreate that success. So far, most of them have been little more than cheap knock-offs, but a newly announced indie title called Eco seeks to take the Minecraft formula and put its own ecological twist on ...
PlayStation Now lets you stream PS3 games on Samsung Smart TVs
At the end of 2014, Sony Corp announced that PlayStation Now game streaming would soon be arriving on non-Sony devices, and now that day has finally arrived. PlayStation Now subscribers can now stream PlayStation games directly through select Samsung Smart TVs without having to own a Sony device at all. “Since we first introduced PlayStation ...
Facebook Messenger has reached 1 billion downloads on Android
Facebook Messenger has now been downloaded over 1 billion times on Google Play, joining an exclusive club made up of only the top apps in the Play Store. Facebook Inc.’s standalone messaging app has come a long way since it was introduced last year. The social network initially faced a strong backlash against Messenger, as ...
The Witcher 3 sells over 4 million copies in just 2 weeks
Warsaw-based game developer CD Projekt RED (CDPR) continues to surprise the video game industry with the increasing success of The Witcher franchise, and now the Polish studio has announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has sold over 4 million copies within the first two weeks of its release. That is roughly double the units sold by The ...
Former Blizzard exec joins The Order: 1886 studio Ready At Dawn as CEO
Despite an onslaught of complaints that steampunk monster slaying game The Order: 1886 was too short for its $60 pricetag, the game still sold well enough that its developer, Ready At Dawn Studios, is now expanding. The Irvine-based company has announced that it will be opening a new “business hub” office in Austin, Texas, and former Blizzard Entertainment ...
Facebook begins offering free bluetooth beacons to retailers
After several months of small scale testing in New York City, Facebook Inc will finally be rolling out its Place Tips feature across the country, and it has started by offering free Facebook Bluetooth Beacons to retailers. Place Tips is a Facebook mobile feature that allows users to see localized tips and newsfeeds in and around ...
Vinli raises $6.5M in Series A for connected car technology
Monday was a big day for connected car startup Vinli, as the Dallas-based company announced a $6.5 million Series A funding round led by Samsung Venture Investment Corp. Other major investors included Cox Automotive, The Westly Group, and Continental. Vinli CEO Mark Haidar said in a statement: We believe Vinli will change how people interact with ...